साप
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एक साप
See also: साँप
Bundeli
Etymology
From Persian صاف (sâf). Cognate with Hindi साफ़ (sāf).
Adjective
साप (sāp)
- Banaphari standard form of साफ (sāph).
Marathi
Etymology
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): साप m (sāp) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): सापीण f (sāpīṇ) |
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘰𑘢 (sāpa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá). Doublet of सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Gujarati સાપ (sāp), Hindi साँप (sā̃p), Sindhi سپُ / सपु (sapu), Punjabi ਸੱਪ (sappa) / سَپّ (sapp), Nepali साँप (sā̃p), Odia ସାପ (sāpa), Bengali সাপ (śap), Assamese সাপ (xap).
Pronunciation
Noun
साप • (sāp) m
Declension
| Declension of साप (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
साप sāp | ||
| direct plural |
साप sāp | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
साप sāp |
साप sāp | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
सापा sāpā |
सापां- sāpān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
सापाला sāpālā |
सापांना sāpānnā | |
| ergative | सापाने, सापानं sāpāne, sāpāna |
सापांनी sāpānnī | |
| instrumental | सापाशी sāpāśī |
सापांशी sāpānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
सापात sāpāt |
सापांत sāpāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
सापा sāpā |
सापांनो sāpānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of साप (masc cons-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
सापाचा sāpāċā |
सापाचे sāpāċe |
सापाची sāpācī |
सापाच्या sāpācā |
सापाचे, सापाचं sāpāċe, sāpāċa |
सापाची sāpācī |
सापाच्या sāpācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
सापांचा sāpānċā |
सापांचे sāpānċe |
सापांची sāpāñcī |
सापांच्या sāpāncā |
सापांचे, सापांचं sāpānċe, sāpānċa |
सापांची sāpāñcī |
सापांच्या sāpāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- सापशिडी (sāpśiḍī, “snakes and ladders”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “साप”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “साप”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “साप”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Marathi साप (sāp).
Pronunciation
Noun
साप • (sāp)
Old Awadhi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa).
Noun
साप (sāpa)